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FTP (file transfer protocol)

WHAT IS FTP?

FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. This is a means of moving files from your computer to a remote directory (on an Internet server) or vice versa.

You will need to run FTP software on your local computer (such local software is known as a "client" which is "served" by a server).

Many FTP clients are available for this purpose. You may download popular FTP shareware clients, such as CuteFTP or WS_FTP for Windows, or Fetch for Macintosh, from EONI's own Tucows download archives, or various download sites on the Internet.

For EONI customers with Internet Access plans, your account includes space for a personal web site. You can create the files and put them on the EONI web server. The EONI web server can then present your web pages to visitors on their browsers.
Refer to our Questions & Answers page for information that may be helpful to you.

Uploading Your Personal Web Pages via FTP
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  1. Connect to EONI as you normally do to read email or surf the Web.
  2. Start (open) your FTP client software.
  3. Where your ftp software prompts you for the ftp server or hostname address, type in: 
    eoni.com
  4. Type in your username and password. These will be the same ones you use to log into your email account.
  5. Generally, you can leave other options at their default value. If given a choice, you should select "normal" as the type of login, not "anonymous".
  6. Connect to the EONI FTP server with your FTP software's login or connect command. (typically, just click the "Connect" button.)
  7. After the FTP connection has been established, you will find yourself in your "home" directory. (With CuteFTP, files on your local computer will appear in the left panel and files and folders on the server -- where you want to upload your selected local files -- appear in the right panel.)
  8. You will be uploading all your HTML and binary files into the "public_html" directory for your home page.
  9. Be sure to name the HTML file for your HOME page "index.html" (without the quotes). Then upload the index.html file into your public_html directory and all other html files, graphics, sounds, java classes, etc into this directory (or its subdirectories). Sub directories for other pages on your site can be made below the> public_html directory, if you wish to organize your site components accordingly.
  10. Don't forget to make sure that all of your other pages which link back to your home page contain the proper filename -- "index.html" in the link references.
  11. (Mac users: When uploading binary files, be sure to choose the "Raw Data" option in your preferences.)
  12. After your Web page files and graphics files have been uploaded to your server space, you can see them displayed on your Web browser by typing in this URL (address):
    http://www.eoni.com/~username

NOTE:Some web hosting customers with self-administering sites will need to follow special alternative procedures. The procedures covered here deal with personal Web space provided under standard dialup or broadband access accounts. For more information, see How To Administer Your Basic Virtual Web Site.


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